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By   Colin Clark on January 21, 2021 at 8:30 AM Lloyd Austin after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden in Delaware on Dec. 9 WASHINGTON: One legacy of the Trump Administration that looks likely to endure under Biden: a willingness to stand up to Beijing. Some observers expected the Biden Administration to take a more hands-off approach to the Chinese threat, with Trump even posting an attack add that called Biden “China’s puppet.” But based on testimony from retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, early indications are that Trump has changed th...

By   Paul McLeary on January 19, 2021 at 7:16 PM Navy carriers lined up at Norfolk, Va. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will take a hard new look at the Trump Administration’s last-minute shipbuilding plans, presumptive Defense Secretary nominee Lloyd Austin’s said in written responses to questions before today’s nomination hearing. A new 30-year Shipbuilding Plan is due with the 2022 budget submission expected in March or April, while the Future Naval Force Study (FNFS) would require tens of billions more to be pumped into the Navy’s shipbuilding account — a plan that might end up be...

Toggle open close The Issue On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Navy released its Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels, focusing on great-power competition, for fiscal year (FY) 2022 to FY 2051. By itself, this plan is inadequate; it details neither fleet employment nor needed industrial base expansion. Moreover, the plan does not inform the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The Naval plan promises a manned fleet of 355 ships three years earlier than the current plan, while deliberately phasing in unmanned ships to the fleet, eventually reaching more than 400 manned sh...

US Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan reflects Pentagon big-fleet strategy 11 December 2020 by Michael Fabey The US Navy (USN) released its long-delayed 30-year shipbuilding plan on 10 December with a future fleet architecture that echoes the Pentagon plan detailed earlier this year as part of the Department of Defense’s Battle Force 2045. The Pentagon in February told Congress it was withholding the mandatory Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels until it finished the Future Naval Force Study (FNFS), which was examining competitive advantage in grea...